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Appointments To Key DaimlerChrysler Manufacturing Positions

15 December 1998

Gary Henson, Richard Schaum Appointed To Key DaimlerChrysler Manufacturing Positions

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 14 -- DaimlerChrysler
announced today the appointment of Gary L. Henson to the position of Senior
Vice President - Manufacturing, effective January 1, 1999.  Henson will be
responsible for all assembly, stamping and component manufacturing for all
Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth branded products worldwide.
    Henson replaces Dennis K. Pawley, who announced his retirement from
DaimlerChrysler as Executive Vice President - Manufacturing and Labor
Relations earlier this month.  Henson had been Senior Vice President - Large
and Small Car, Jeep and Truck Assembly and Stamping Operations.
    It was also announced that Richard O. Schaum has been appointed Senior
Vice President - Quality and Power Train Operations, for all Jeep, Chrysler,
Dodge and Plymouth products worldwide.  Schaum had been Vice President -
Quality and Serviceability and General Manager - Power Train Operations.
    Both Henson and Schaum will report to DaimlerChrysler Corporation
President Thomas T. Stallkamp.
    In addition, Thomas Gallagher, Senior Vice President - Employee Relations,
is reassigned to report to Stallkamp.
    Reporting to Henson will be Frank Ewasyshyn, Senior Vice President -
Advance Manufacturing Engineering and Shamel T. Rushwin, Senior Vice President
- International Manufacturing and Minivan Assembly Operations.
Responsibilities for Ewasyshyn and Rushwin remain unchanged.
    In addition, the following people also report to Henson:

    * Richard A. Chow-Wah has been appointed Vice President and General
Manager - Component Operations.  Chow-Wah had been Plant Manager - Huntsville
Electronics, and replaces William F. Smith, who recently announced his
retirement from DaimlerChrysler as General Manager - Component Operations.
    * P. Craig Corrington has been appointed Vice President and General
Manager - Stamping Operations.  Corrington had been Plant Manager - Sterling
Stamping in Sterling Heights, Mich.
      - Replacing Corrington as Plant Manager - Sterling Stamping is John H.
Rosseau.  Rosseau had been Manufacturing Engineering Manager at
Sterling Stamping.
    * Richard S. Entenmann has been appointed Vice President and General
Manager - Large and Small Car Assembly Operations.  Entenmann had been
Executive Director - Post Merger Integration for manufacturing.  Previously,
he was Plant Manager - Sterling Heights Assembly in Sterling Heights, Mich.
    * Roger D. Ruggiero has been appointed Vice President and General Manager
- Jeep and Truck Assembly Operations.  Ruggiero had been Plant Manager -
Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit.
      - Replacing Ruggiero as Plant Manager - Jefferson North Assembly is
Fred Martino-Dicicco.  Dicicco had been Manager, Assembly - Jefferson North
Assembly Plant.
    * John S. Franciosi, Vice President - Continuous Improvement Group.
    * James J. Lyijynen, Vice President - Paint Platform.

    Reporting to Schaum will be:

    * Carlos Lobo, Senior Vice President - Power Train Manufacturing
Operations. Fred Bartz, Plant Manager - Detroit Axle, has been reassigned to
report to Lobo.

    Realigned to have a dual reporting relationship to both Schaum and
Ewasyshyn is Howard B. Padgham, Vice President - Power Train Advance
Manufacturing Engineering.
    The following new positions have been established and will also report to
Schaum:

    * Floyd E. Allen is appointed Vice President - Power Train Product
Engineering.
    * Robert S. Moser is appointed Director - Corporate Quality.
    * Eric R. Ridenour is appointed Director - Power Train Planning.